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| OTTAWA — Tens of thousands of Canadians streamed toward the National War Memorial on Tuesday, just three weeks after a gunman shot a soldier guarding it and rampaged through the Parliament building, plunging the capital into panic and fear. | OTTAWA — Tens of thousands of Canadians streamed toward the National War Memorial on Tuesday, just three weeks after a gunman shot a soldier guarding it and rampaged through the Parliament building, plunging the capital into panic and fear. |
| The fatal shooting of the soldier, Cpl. Nathan Cirillo, elevated the significance of Canada’s annual Remembrance Day service. While a larger crowd than usual had been expected this year, the 100th anniversary of Canada’s entry into World War I, the killing of Corporal Cirillo, as well as the death of another soldier in Quebec in an intentional hit-and-run last month, brought out numbers of people not seen in decades. | The fatal shooting of the soldier, Cpl. Nathan Cirillo, elevated the significance of Canada’s annual Remembrance Day service. While a larger crowd than usual had been expected this year, the 100th anniversary of Canada’s entry into World War I, the killing of Corporal Cirillo, as well as the death of another soldier in Quebec in an intentional hit-and-run last month, brought out numbers of people not seen in decades. |
| As the crowd filled outward from the square surrounding the monument, many people paid their respects beyond the audible range of loudspeakers and had, at best, partial views of giant television screens well in the distance. Their largely silent experience was broken only by the distant sound of gun salutes, a military jet flyby and the faint drone of bagpipes. | As the crowd filled outward from the square surrounding the monument, many people paid their respects beyond the audible range of loudspeakers and had, at best, partial views of giant television screens well in the distance. Their largely silent experience was broken only by the distant sound of gun salutes, a military jet flyby and the faint drone of bagpipes. |
| Katharine Gillis, one of those on the fringes, said she came every year to the ceremony, which is held on the date of the armistice ending World War I but has come to honor all Canadian soldiers killed while in service. | Katharine Gillis, one of those on the fringes, said she came every year to the ceremony, which is held on the date of the armistice ending World War I but has come to honor all Canadian soldiers killed while in service. |
| “It was more important for me to come this year than any other year,” she said moments before the police stopped nearby traffic for a minute of silence at 11 a.m., the hour at which World War I officially ended. “You can’t let threats dominate your freedom and sense of freedom.” | “It was more important for me to come this year than any other year,” she said moments before the police stopped nearby traffic for a minute of silence at 11 a.m., the hour at which World War I officially ended. “You can’t let threats dominate your freedom and sense of freedom.” |
| Unable to see over the crowd, Sarah Harvey sat on a retaining wall, her dog, Lilly, at her feet, waiting for the start of the service. Like many people, she had come for the first time because of last month’s events. | Unable to see over the crowd, Sarah Harvey sat on a retaining wall, her dog, Lilly, at her feet, waiting for the start of the service. Like many people, she had come for the first time because of last month’s events. |
| “People were a little thrown by it,” Ms. Harvey said. “There’s a sense of solidarity after events like this.” | “People were a little thrown by it,” Ms. Harvey said. “There’s a sense of solidarity after events like this.” |
| Along with the unusually large crowd came an exceptional amount of security. Out of sight of the monument, a heavily armored police vehicle that had been racing through the streets after last month’s shooting stood by. Members of a tactical squad carrying automatic weapons were at its doors. Police snipers looked down from rooftops neighboring the memorial. | Along with the unusually large crowd came an exceptional amount of security. Out of sight of the monument, a heavily armored police vehicle that had been racing through the streets after last month’s shooting stood by. Members of a tactical squad carrying automatic weapons were at its doors. Police snipers looked down from rooftops neighboring the memorial. |
| As is normally the case, the service involved prayers, hymns and the laying of wreaths by dignitaries, who this year included Princess Anne, Queen Elizabeth’s daughter. | As is normally the case, the service involved prayers, hymns and the laying of wreaths by dignitaries, who this year included Princess Anne, Queen Elizabeth’s daughter. |
| She attended to rededicate the monument, which was dedicated 75 years ago by her maternal grandfather, King George VI, less than four months before Canadian troops began fighting in World War ll. | She attended to rededicate the monument, which was dedicated 75 years ago by her maternal grandfather, King George VI, less than four months before Canadian troops began fighting in World War ll. |
| Because of last month’s events, Prime Minister Stephen Harper left the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum in Beijing early to attend the ceremony. | Because of last month’s events, Prime Minister Stephen Harper left the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum in Beijing early to attend the ceremony. |